The band looks interesting. I have IC-718 that can be used at 60 meter.
It works fine.
I prefer homemade radio's so I have started to build a 60 meter Transceiver.
Desired specs:
-SSB CW
-8 MHz IF
-50 Watts output
-Controlled by a micro controller.
-DDS as LO. Maybe a cleanup PLL.
Concept is to use a SSB filter in one direction. In front this filter a mixer is placed. After the filter an IF amplifier is placed followed by another mixer.
The role of the mixers depend on RX or TX. The LO switches between 8 MHz and 13.350-13450 MHZ. If one of the mixers LO is 8 MHz ,the other gets 13.4 a LO.
This is the heart of the transceiver. It contains 2 mixers, the Xtal filter, IF amplifier and AGC amplifier, and Two 5.4 MHz band bass filters.
This is the oscillator board. It contains a 8 MHz oscillator including amplifier and filter.
The amplifier for the 13.350 13.450 DDS signal is not ready. Only the low pass filter is build.
This is the box that I plan to use. It came from another transceiver project but that did not fit in.
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